UK freelancers paid more than permanent workers

A new research study has discovered that a substantial proportion of British freelancers and contract workers are paid better than their traditionally employed counterparts.

According to the Recruitmetn and Employment Confederation's
latest JobsOutlook survey, a full 36 per cent of business owners
routinely pay their contract workers and freelancers better than
their traditionally-employed workers. No tonly that, an identical
percentage of businesses admitted that they pay their temporary
freelancers the same wages as they would be earning if they were
permanently contracted with the company; additionally, 56 per cent
of survey respondents said that temp workers were always paid
identically to regular traditional employees.

What this means is that overall, 92 per cent of freelacners and
contractors are earning at least the same as their permanent
employee counterparts, though many of them earn more. On top of
that, the REC found that only a paltry 2 per cent of employers
admitted to paying contractors and freelancers less than what their
permanent staff members earn.

When it comes to why companies hire on temporary workers, the
REC found that 75 per cent of survey respondents said that they
needed a highly specific set of skills for a temporary period of
time.